Machine for making match cards



Sept. 14, 1937. W. c. HUGULEY MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCH CARDS Filed Feb.21, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTO R ATTORNEY Z; BY

Sept. 1937. w. c. HLJGULEY 2,093,241

' MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCH CARDS Filed Feb. 21, 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet 2ATTORNEY Sept. 14, 1937. w. 'c. HUGULEY CHIN 0R Fi-led Feb. 21, 19:55 aSheets-Sheet s ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 14, 1937 z aaz 'MACHINE FORMAKING MATCH CARDS William. G. Huguley, Belleville, N. J., assignor ofone-fourth N. J.

to E. F. Baerenrodt,,Essex Fells,

Application Februaryzl, 1935, Serial No. 7,544

' 1 Claim. (o1.144-51) This invention relates to machinesfor makingmatch cards for use in the manufacture of book matches. a 1

Heretoiore, match cards such as herein considered have been made bypassing a strip of mastic or cardboard stock between reciprocating dieswhich cut the material into strips the sizes of matches, or the matcheshave been cut'by means of sharp edge circular cutting knives,necessitating a keen cutting edge being maintained at all times. Suchdevices for making match cards have been found objectionable in that thecutting knives or reciprocating dies must be maintained very sharp atall times in order to provide a sharp cut and to prevent fringes fromadjacent matches. As soon as the cutters get slightly dull, one side ofthe match strips will have ragged edges, and such a situation obtainsvery soon after the sharp cutters have been installed. It has beencommon practise to operate the somewhat dull cutters until the raggededges on the splint become so pronounced as to cause rejection of thematch cards, after which the cutters are again sharpened.

It is an object of my invention to provide an apparatus for making matchcards in which a strip of mastic or cardboard stock material is passedbetween rotating scoring elements in a rectilinear direction parallel tothe finished matches, and providing matches with rounded edges incontradistinction to the old type of match with ragged edges. Throughthe use of my rotating scoring elements as herein set forth, productionis greatly increased, and the wear and tear on the parts of themechanism is minimized. It is unnecessary to maintain sharp cuttingedges for cutting the mastic or cardboard material longitudinally intomatch strips, and, at the same time, a highly improved match strip isproduced having four rounded corners instead of only two as is the casewhere the strip of material is cut through by devices heretoforeemployed.

By means of my apparatus, a match strip is produced that is stronger andbetter, and which has a form that is new in the manufacture of bookmatches,'having four rounded corners with the edges of the splints beingscored through from both sides instead of being cut from one side onlyas above described.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a relatively simpleapparatus for making match cards having rounded edges and no raggedportion.

These and other advantageous objects, which will later appear, areaccomplished by the simple and practical construction and arrangement ofparts hereinafter describedand exhibited in the accompanying drawings,forming part hereof, and in which: V

Fig. l is a side elevational view of one section of the apparatusembodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the scoring rolls used for dividingstrips of mastic or similar material longitudinally into match splints,

Fig. 3 is a sectional View takenonline3 3 Fig. 4 is a sectional viewtaken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the match material as in Fig. 2,

Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the mastic material shown in Fig. 5,

Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing the manner in which one of thescoring elements pierces a strip of cardboard or mastic,

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspective view, partially in section, of oneof the scoring elements,

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a portion of a strip of material afterhaving been scored,

Fig. 10 is a perspective view showing generally the shapes of matchsplints produced by my apparatus.

Referring to the drawings, my apparatus is shown to comprise a base 2having mounted on one end thereof'a stand 3 (see Fig. 1) upon which aresupported rolls 4 and 5 of cardboard or mastic out of which the matchcards are made. The roll 4 is a reserve roll of cardboard which is inposition to be readily advanced when roll 5 has been exhausted.

The strip material is drawn off roll 5 and passes through a guide 6 intofeed rollers 1 (see Figs. 1 and 2), after which it passes betweenscoring elements 8, one of which is provided with scoring ribs 8a asshown inFig. 8, which score the strip throughout its entire widthapproximately onehalf way through the material from one side only, thatis, the upper side. The strip is then passed between scoring elements 9,the lower one of' which is provided with scoring ribs similar to the rib8a., which score the strip one-half way through from the undersidethereof, and completing the division of the strip of cardboard or masticinto a plurality of match splints having rounded edges and across-sectional shape substantially as shown in Fig. 10.

The strip then passes on through feed rollers Ill. The feed rollers land Ill, together with the Scoring elements 8 and 9 are mounted in asuitable framework l I and are driven by a system of gears Operated froma common source of power, the framework ll being mounted on the base 2.

strip to be unscored as shown at 6| in Fig. 5 for the purpose ofproviding a base for holding the match comb.

One of the rolls I0 is provided with a plurality of piercing elements 62arranged upon a line extending across the roll and parallel with thelongi tudinal' axis of the roll. These piercing elements are adapted toprovide minute scorings in each 'match splint adjacent the base- 6! sothat the splints may be readily severed-from the base. 1

From the above description it" will be seen that I have provided arelatively simple and inexpensive machine for satisfactorily producingmatch splints having rounded corners and'no ragged edges, at the sametime requiring a minimum amount of maintenance such as heretofore hasbeen found necessary in other machines for keeping cutting knives orother cutting elements sharp.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive andillustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of theinvention, of which obviously an embodiment may be constructed includingmany modifications without departing from the general scope hereinindicated and denoted in the appended claim. V

Haw'ng thus described my invention, what I Patent, is: V

A machine for ,making match combs from a continuous strip stock ofcardboard-like material, two pairs of spaced apart scoring rollers,means for'fee'ding strip stock through said rollers, one'roller of eachpair of scoring rollers being provided with spaced wedge-shaped ribshaving a ,depthsufilcient to score half way through the 7 stock fromopposite sides thereof at predetermined intervals to produce scoresextending en- 7 tirely through the stock to separate the stock intomatch strips of predetermined widths, each of saidrribszbeing, dividedinto, sections equal to the length of a match strip,geach of saidsections having its ends inclined to provide a cleancut at the end ofeach'scoring operation, feed rolls for .claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters said strinand means on one of said feed rolls forperforating each match strip at one end thereof to enable said strips tobe readily detached from the stock strip. V a v.

- V WILLIAM C. HUGULEY.

